Word: chinning
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...while the chin pullers can hold their symposiums about the quality of that information, it's the quantity that's truly remarkable--and oppressive. Way back in 2004, when we last held an election, no one was complaining that there wasn't enough to see or read on the Internet. And that was before YouTube, Politico, Huffington Post, Twitter and Facebook became daily or hourly necessities for millions. In 2004 newspaper websites were still mostly "shovelware"--the paper edition reproduced. They weren't bloated with blogs and video and interviews with the reporters who wrote the story. But now everyone...
...over the world, hedgies like Tse are taking it on the chin, victims of the global financial crisis and the one-two punch of poor returns and unhappy investors. After nearly doubling in size since 2002, to around 8,000 total funds last year, the industry is on the brink of a brutal contraction as customers - rich investors, university endowments and pensions funds that make up the bulk of hedge funds' clientele - rush to withdraw their investments. Some analysts predict that a quarter of all hedge funds could fold by the end of the year. Stephen Brown, an economist...
...These were young people that had no one,” says Purcell as he leans on his desk and places his chin on his crossed arms. “If we didn’t help them, there was no one else to help them...
...surface of the water, Roxanna dove down and her hands found Frederick of their own volition and she pulled him up. His face was even waxier and paler than it usually was, but she had been in time. He coughed weakly, a spout of water dribbling down his flaccid chin, and looked at her, with a new wonder in his eyes. “You raised me up,” he said, feebly. “Yes,” she said. The water streamed from her golden hair like diamonds. Her white clothes were now transparent and clinging...
...there more to bull riding than just hanging on tight? You have to keep your chin down, tucked. That's the key to being able to stay on for eight seconds. If you allow your chin to come up in the air during the course of a ride, it's going to allow your upper body to get leaned back...